Dennstaedtiaceae

Pteridium latiusculum Hieron.

Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Pteridium

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Pteridium latiusculum: Bracken Pteridium aquilinum subsp. latiusculum , Mackinac County, Michigan, United States — Photo: Rob Routledge from Canada Sault College, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)

Chinese: 美洲蕨, 蕨, 三腳柱, 山蕨, 拳頭菜, 蕨兒菜, 蕨貓, 龍爪菜

Photos

Photo: Rob Routledge from Canada Sault College, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.